M5Stack Spooky Eye Pumpkin

• Use the fine marker to outline the cut hole for M5Stick-C

 

mark the hole

 

• Use the carving knifes to cut the hole 2" deep

 

carve the hole

 

• Extract the foam or pumpkin flesh.

 

• Use the marker to mark the center of circle 1.25" from bottom and use the acrylic lens to mark the eye hole.

 

• Use the carving knifes to cut the hole. Make sure to cut the hole 1/8" smaller so the foam or flesh can hold the lens.

 

• Insert the lens. Insert and use your finger to adjust the lens via the stick hole

 

• Use a Scotch tape to make a puller for the M5Stick-C. This will allow you to pull and extract the M5Stick-C from the pumpkin. You can also use tape and marker to darken the edges of the screen,

 

• Turn on and insert the M5Stick-C into the pumpkin.

 

• Enjoy the show!

 

To extract the M5Stick-C PLUS, pull the tape.

Coming Soon:

• Add speaker
• IMU function to control eye movement
• Allow to change eye by shaking the pumpkin
• Layers of eye iris, pupil, lip to simplify the images
• Use mic to wake eye

Schematics

Eye Photos

Code

#--- M5-spooky-eye.py                ---#
#--- Written by [email protected] ---#
#--- for M5Stick-C (160 x 80 pixels) ---#
#--- Version 1.0 (October 2019)      ---#

from m5stack import *
from m5ui import *
from uiflow import *

lcd.setRotation(1)
setScreenColor(0x000000)
image0 = M5Img(0, 0, "res/eye2-50.jpg", True)

eyefs = None
eyers = None
j = None

eyefs= [50, 20, 10, 30, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 80, 90, 70, 50, 20, 10, 30, 60, 80, 90, 70]
eyers= [1000, 100, 1000, 100, 1000, 20, 100, 20, 20, 20, 100, 1000, 100, 1000, 100, 1000, 100, 100, 100, 1000, 100]
while True:
  for j in range(21):
    image0.changeImg("res/eye2-"+str(eyefs[j])+".jpg")
    wait_ms(eyers[j])
  wait_ms(2)